խեղ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խեղ (xeł).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խեղ (xeġ) (superlative ամենախեղ)

  1. (archaic) maimed, mutilated; disabled, crippled

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative խեղ (xeġ) խեղեր (xeġer)
dative խեղի (xeġi) խեղերի (xeġeri)
ablative խեղից (xeġicʻ) խեղերից (xeġericʻ)
instrumental խեղով (xeġov) խեղերով (xeġerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative խեղը/խեղն (xeġə/xeġn) խեղերը/խեղերն (xeġerə/xeġern)
dative խեղին (xeġin) խեղերին (xeġerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative խեղս (xeġs) խեղերս (xeġers)
dative խեղիս (xeġis) խեղերիս (xeġeris)
ablative խեղիցս (xeġicʻs) խեղերիցս (xeġericʻs)
instrumental խեղովս (xeġovs) խեղերովս (xeġerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative խեղդ (xeġd) խեղերդ (xeġerd)
dative խեղիդ (xeġid) խեղերիդ (xeġerid)
ablative խեղիցդ (xeġicʻd) խեղերիցդ (xeġericʻd)
instrumental խեղովդ (xeġovd) խեղերովդ (xeġerovd)
locative

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խիղ (xił)3rd sense only

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kHel- (to bend; to cause to deviate). Related to շեղ (šeł).

Adjective

խեղ (xeł)

  1. mutilated, lame
    խեղ ձեռօքxeł jeṙōkʻcrippled in the arm
    խեղ ոտիւքxeł otiwkʻlame, crippled in the feet; handy-legged
  2. sore (of an eye)
  3. abominable

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: խեղ (xeġ) (learned)
  • Old Georgian: ხელი (xeli)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 327